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Licensee fined £2.8K for illegal Sky Sports

Thomas John Holland of the Goat Inn in Sheerness, Kent in the southeast of England has been convicted of three offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, Sky televised football matches, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable charge. Sky Sports is only available to licensed premises in the […]

August 28, 2019By Colin Mann

Altice Europe, Amazon Prime collaboration

Multiplay operator Altice Europe has agreed a content partnership with Amazon Prime Video which will see the US SVoD service’s original creations available on French pay-TV service SFR. Content such as The Boys, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Good Omens, The Man in the High Castle, and the upcoming Carnival Row, will be accessible shortly to […]

August 27, 2019From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Netflix Breaking Bad movie on Oct 11

Over the Bank Holiday weekend, Netflix confirmed long circulated rumours that it will indeed be launching a movie to serve as a follow-up to the celebrated Breaking Bad TV series – and it will be landing on the streaming platform very soon. The movie, entitled El Camino (which is the Chevrolet model that lead character […]

August 27, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Eurosport acquires Swimming League

Eurosport has announced the acquisition of rights to the new International Swimming League (ISL) competition for the next two years. The ISL is set to feature some of the world’s finest swimmers in the first professional sports league for elite swimming, with Eurosport securing exclusive rights (live and delayed) in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region […]

August 27, 2019

Billie Eilish concert to air in VR

US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish will stream the Madrid stop of her current world tour concert in Oculus Venues, produced and broadcast live in VR by Supersphere. The concert will take place on September 3rd and will be broadcast live from the Wiznek Center in Madrid, Spain. “It’s really nice to be able to have something […]

August 27, 2019By Nik Roseveare

TV 2 Sumo selects Norigin Media for TV Apps

TV 2 Sumo, a streaming service owned by Norwegian commercial public broadcaster TV 2, has selected Norigin Media to build and launch its new TV Apps. The TV 2 Sumo apps will be built across selected large screen devices, including Samsung Smart TVs, LG Smart TVs and PlayStation 4 consoles, with a custom designed user experienced […]

August 27, 2019

Luxembourg: The Israeli network on PostTV

POST Luxembourg and The Israeli Network have agreed a deal to bring the channel to PostTV. This agreement will see PostTV subscribers have access to news and entertainment from Israel. The Israeli network is another addition to POST Luxembourg’s IPTV platform, PostTV, which is the leading local IPTV provider. The Israeli Network is a Hebrew […]

August 27, 2019

Disney+ reveals launch day content and more

Disney has revealed the film titles and TV series that will be available at launch for its Disney+ SVoD service. At the D23 Expo fan convention in Anaheim, California, it was announced that Disney+ will initially have 300 movie titles – rising to 500 within the first 12 months. Some 100 of them will be […]

August 24, 2019By Nik Roseveare

BBC’s Moore: Commissions reflect changing viewing habits

Recognising that the TV industry is in an age of changing viewing habits, Charlotte Moore, BBC Director of Content, has unveiled a raft of new commissions for BBC One at the Edinburgh TV Festival and spoken about the BBC’s approach to commissioning new programmes. In the last year, BBC One has brought audiences Bodyguard, Line […]

August 23, 2019By Colin Mann

Report: LatAm pay-TV execs ‘optimistic’

The Latin American edition of the 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, from content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA and international research and strategy consultancy MTM, has unveiled the challenges, opportunities and priorities that are driving the future of the Latin American pay-TV market. The report features insights collected from senior executives representing leading pay-TV […]

August 23, 2019